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Re: "iPods on a Plane"


From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:37:05 -0400

and now it hits the mainstream:

http://news.com.com/2061-10786_3-6109930.html?part=rss&tag=6109930&subj=news

On 8/26/06, H. Morrow Long <morrow.long () yale edu> wrote:

World of Warcraft geek accidently dropped an iPod into plane's loo on flight
to Canada,
causing a security response upon landing in Ottawa.

"I played WoW, I became a terrorist (story!)  |  08/24/2006 08:06:52 PM UTC"
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11211166&pageNo=1&sid=1

Schnier blog post:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/dropped_ipod_le.html
ComputerWorld: http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/3326

Sounds far too funny to be true, but it appears to be fundamentally verified
by:

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=13eeb9ec-bc82-41dd-8a6d-9072db1688e4
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2006/08/16/1758016-sun.html
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=1c0072fe-4d98-44e4-8414-652f83e27868
http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/serving_ottawa/media_room/news.cfm?nr_id=3383

- H. Morrow Long, CISSP, CISM, CEH
  University Information Security Officer
  Director -- Information Security Office
  Yale University, ITS

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